Pollenia angustigena Wainwright, 1940
(Narrow-cheeked Clusterfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPollenia angustigena (Narrow-cheeked Clusterfly)
GenusPollenia (clusterflies)
FamilyPOLLENIIDAE (a family of flies)
SuperfamilyOESTROIDEA (blow-flies, blue-bottles, flesh flies and parasitoid flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Pollenia angustigena (Narrow-cheeked Clusterfly) :
1: Pollenia angustigena (Narrow-cheeked Clusterfly)
9 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU68 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Swept off Carex
Image 1: Side viewImage 2: Top view - wings apartImage 3: Top view - wings togetherImage 4: Underside

Pollenia angustigena (Narrow-cheeked Clusterfly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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